WWW Wednesdays 5/11

I’m trying to get more into the habit of writing on here and thought this blog hop might be a great way to do it. Every week I’m going to try to jump on here and talk about the week’s books. So let’s get to it, shall we?

What are you currently reading? As I’m in the middle of Bout of Books there are a few books going on. I am reading Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein. Not too far into it, but so far, my impressions are that it would make a great read to go with Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Lifeby Emily Nagasaki if you’re wondering what sex is like for the modern woman. I’m also reading Ancient, Ancient by Kiini Ibura Salaam which is a collection of short stories for my book club. I’m trying to read a story a day so I can fully experience each one. My historical romance pick is Falling into Bed with a Duke by Lorraine Heath. I’ve been reading her Scoundrels of St. James series and the following series Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James which follow a group of connecting families and now I’m on another tier of the series. I’m enjoying the unconventional family dynamics that Heath puts into her books. I only had one in all the series that didn’t win me over, so those are good odds!

What did you recently finish reading? I just finished Lagoonby Nnedi Okorafor. I am a big fan of Nnedi’s work. This is my fifth. I also recently finished Binti which was so wonderful. Lagoon basically asks the question, “What will you do when the aliens come?” In fact that question is on the back of the book. Nnedi recently came to speak at University of California, Santa Cruz and I was lucky enough to attend. She told us how this book was her response to District 9 as she was unhappy with the movie. I loved the book. It was great. She is one of the best world builders in the business. Her characters are fully developed. Just go get this book now.

What do you think you’ll read next? As I’m also reading all the books my friends have lent me, I have a few to choose from. I think the next will be Tarnished by Rhiannon Held. It’s the second in a werewolf series and I had a good time with the first one. If I finish Falling into Bed With a Duke, I’ll moving onto the next in the series, The Earl Takes All.

I’ve been enjoying them! I admit to having some problems now on the next generation keeping the family trees straight, but that’s probably because I tend to gravitate to the family trope in historical romances and keep wanting to put a Bridgerton or a Malory in there. 😉